Type-writing machine.



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Patented. May 4, 1909.

"i-l I5 W H KESSLER TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLIQAhON FILED AUG. 28,1905.

WL H K W. H. KESSLER.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1905.

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6 2%. Phay. 7%LWJVM WM V LQ%- iZ MJ T-hE ATTEERP J'QL c To all whom itma cor bcemf" the registering device." Al hou'gh' I have shownInyinvention as UNITED STATES PATENT onnion WILLIAM H.- KESSLER, OFAUGUSTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO WYCKOFF, SEAMANS BENEDICT, OF ILION, NEWYORK, A CORPORATION QF NE WFYOBK Auguste, 'in the county 'of Richmond'and State of Georgia, have'invente'd certain new I and usefulImprovements in Type-Writing Machines, of which the 'f'oll'owing is aspe'ci-l fication.'--

" My invention relates to registering devices for typewritin'g'machines, has for -its' main ohject jto provide a connting or registering a paratusior' billing or commercial Work, 'w ch maybe made'toregister the; number orninnbers -of the invoices orloills. by the'sameoperationby, whichthelloills or' v invoicesare released fromthelcontrolof the 1 paper feeding mechanism of the machine this andother ends, the invention resides'in the featilres'of-construction,combi nations of devices and arrangements of parts to be hereinafterfully described and pars ticularly pointed but in the'claim. v

Tn the accompan' 'ng drawings, Figure 1' is a fragmentary side viewtaken from the.left

hand side-and illustrating the Upper portion of themachineoomnierci'ally knowntas the No. 8 Remington typewrit'ertq whichmy invention is shown as appliedi' Fig. 2 is a fragmentary frontelevation of the upper part of the nrachine. Fig. 3 is afragrnent'arysectional view of-the machine on an enlar ed scale, taken on a planenear. the left-end. Fig. 4-is a perspective view of the supporterbracket'of the registering'device Fig-5 isa perspective view of the caseorcove-ring of.

applied to a No. S'RemingtQn' inachi neAt is to e ii'nderst'ood that theinvention-maybe adapted to other forms of writing machines. l c Inthejdrawings, corner posts Lsuppmte top plate 2 above which at therearis a fixed arm 3 in which is pivoted a guide r'oller 4.

A fixed guide rail 5 is supported ahovethe top plate forward of theroller-'4, end'near the front ofthe machine is a-lgiiiide andshift rail6'. -A*rectanguler platen carrier, "comcylindrical: platen '12. Theplaten carrier is plvoted at13 to slide arms or 'cantal-ivers 14Specification ofiLetters Patentv forked guide:

arm 29 are mounted on the platen franeto 30 are feed :rolls 31;

wings ,35 to act on the ro;

' riernear each end, said standards beini I we -mew m es? "ratent eziizay 4, less; 7

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1 boxes are carried by a'carriage truck Be it known that 1', WILLIAM H.KE's's'LER, citizen of the UnitedStatesfand'resident of;

guidei-raiFlE) is fixedto the carriage'truck and cooperates withrollers-20jwhich are guided and'snpported by the fixed guide .rail

5. A hack rail 21., carried the carriage truck, cooperates with thefixed roller 22, carried hy-the front b2 310 1 of theplaten carrier, is,provided with guide rollers 23, 'which embracetheshift rail ft; and tendto guide thevplaten 'carrieritherieona" '65 The back rail 9 of: theplaten carrier-2 is forn ed with'depending'lugs'Z L which'earry c screwsv 25, "the latter abutting .norniallya;

against the. lower ends of the depending arnis15 offtheslide bars 14'andfsthereby'lm serving to support land'sustainthe: platen";

carrier and the. platen.. i l t fist'not ithoitght, necessary todescribe theseparts in:

6 detail as thevforrnpart of the": leg. "la struction of the N.;s;nemingten niaoh Secured to the rear bar eiietthe carrier by a screw26 is a harrger'fi'hp to which at is a downwardly and for projecting arm29., A similar hanger;

the rightof the one shown in the dra gs. A rod'- 30r has its endssecured to the i ver ends of the arms '29 and mounted onthe'rodf Flat"springs 32' or molly maintain the feed rolls '31 in eng gementwith theplaten-i2. 1, L yIt .will be understood that in': the Ito-J 8 Remingtontypewriter there are two'se'ts' f arms29, eaohi'set-supporting' a pivotro' 23d. and each pivot rod 'carryin a pair of rolls, A release shaftprr'o .33 is pivo ell secured in the endloers! and 8 vof the p t'en'gcarrier and projects beyond or outside ohth ei endbar 7 -at the left ofthe platen carrier. A release levl'f34- is fixedly s'eiired'to the left5 end of the release rod 33'- outside ofthe side bar? Therelease rod 33is provided qy'itl wings orlugs35, each of whiohis ada itedgto I v theyrelease 5 rod '33 isrota'ted, cansing the prising side bars 7 and 8,a.rear bar Send a front bar 10, has pivoted in it at: 11 a; rotary v'ecti'ons 36-t9 the armsZQrearward swinging the i rolls 31 away fromtheplaten and th releasing the work-sheet. Standards 37 extend upwardlya for wardly from the rear oar9 of the plat vided with threadedperforations -1whih i-;

ceive screw pins 38 which pivotally support a paper apron 39. The paperapron 39 extends downwardly and forwardly between the feed rolls 31 andthe platen 12 and is rovided with openings through whichthe eed rolls 31protrude to contact with the platen. At its lower end the paper apron 39carries'a platen scale 40. Each screw pin 38 is pro vided with a lookingor check nut 41, which normally abuts againstthe outside face of itsassociate standard 37.

In carrying out my invention I preferably arrange a bracket or support42 between the forming an angled portion 44 which is pro-' .vided withupwardly extending spring arms or clamping jaws 45 connected by a-bolt46 and nut 47, said bolt and nut serving as adjusting means for theclamping or gripping aws.

. A registering device or counter 48, having its casing or cover 49preferably provided with a tenon 50, is fixedly secured to the bracket42, the tenon 50 being clamped between the inwardly projecting upperends of the jaws. 45 which are forced toward each other by means of thebolt and nut connecting them. The casing 49 of the counting orregistering apparatus is provided at its front with an opening throughwhich the numbers on the register wheels 51 may be observed. The leftend of the operating shaft 52 of the registering or counting apparatusprojects throughthe casing 49 and has secured to it a lever'53 foroperating the counting device. The operating lever 53 is split at itslower end, the split portions 54 being connected by a securing'screw 55which may be loosened to permit the operating lever 53 to be adjustedboth circumferentially and longitudinally of the shaft 52.

It is to be understood that the registering apparatus may be of anysuitable make or construction and that it may be secured in place on theplaten carrier of the machine either in the manner described or in anyother way which is found convenient or preferable.

It will be observed from an inspection of Figs. 1 and 2 that the fingerpiece 56 of the operating lever 53 of the registering apparat 'sarranged in close proximity to the ng lever 34 of the feed-rollreleasing miism. When the entry on the invoice in the machine has beenwritten in .if the thumb or finger of the operator, as it is pressedagainst, the operating lever or feed roll releaser 34, be allowed toproject inward slightly beyond the lever 34, as illustrated in Fig.- 2,it will, during the latter part of the releasing movement or operation,come in contact with the finger piece 56 of the operating lever 53 ofthe registering apparatus and will actuate said lever to cause theoperation of said registering apparatus. When the next bill or invoiceis inserted in the machine, the operator preferably typewrites upon itthe number indicated by the dial of the registering apparatus and thenmakes the necessary entry upon the bill or invoice, after which thejoint operation above outlined is repeated. If preferred, however, thisorder may be reversed and the bill may be written first and the numberlast, or just prior" to withdrawing the bill. In inserting the bill orinvoice the operator usually throws back the paper releasing lever, andif preferred,

the registering device may be operated at this time instead of when thebill is Withdrawn. In both cases, of course, the register indicates thenumber of the bill to be written.

It will be noted that by the employment of my invention an accuratecount of the bill or invoices written is kept by the registering device,and that this device is actuated by the same operation by which thepaper release or feed roll releasing mechanism is operated. 'It willfurther be understood that when the billing work has been completed theregisterin device will indicate the total number of bills or invoiceswritten, and that during the course of the work the number of bills orinvoices written at a particular time will be indicated at that time.When a bill or invoice is about to be fed into 'the machine, its numberis always indicated on the register, thus avoiding the probability ofduplieating numbers.

The employment of my invention audits operation in the manner aboveoutlined is preferable to billing methods in which invoices havingnumbers already printed upon them are made use of, because, among otherreasons, by the latter method if a mistake'or error is made on any worksheet and the sheet has been destroyed, the count is lost andcomplications may ensue.

When it is not desired to operate the regisbill or i tering device, thehandjof the operator is not w the lever 34 is actuated. The arrangementone employing. a detachable Connection or I any ofithese' other plans anextra operation .or vice vers'a.

' by Letters Patent, is:'

I tion of a platen carrier, a platen thereon,

- ating levers, or to arranging the lever 53 in permitted to engage withthe lever 53 when shown is the preferable one and is superior-to link oranalogous means to join the two oper- Various changes in the arrangementand construction of the parts may be made within the scope of theinvention.

What I claim as newand desire to secure In a typewriting machine, thecombinapaper feeding devices cooperativewith the platen, 'meansincluding a finger piece for releasing said paper feeding devices, and aregistering device or counter mounted on the 2 platen carrier and havinga finger iece in proximity to said first mentione finger piece andoperative by the same hand of the operator that actuates said firstmentioned finger piece, that said counter and the 3 paper releasin meansmay be actuated at asingle operation, the construction being such thatSELIdfiISt mentioned finger piece may *be actuated to operate the paperreleasing means independently of the counter.

Signed at Augusta, in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia, this7th day of August A. D. 1905.

WILLIAM H. KESSLER.

Witnesses:

HERBERT LESSER, DAVID NAOHMAN.

